Re: (ET) cooked transformer (new owner question update)

["Dave & Deb" <daveb drizzle com>]

did you water the batteries before charging?

Dave

>> Thanks for all the replies to my earlier questions
>> regarding my 12S.  My lights are working.  All I did
>> was fiddle with the fuse.  I am charging the batteries
>> now with my 12 volt charger (two at a time).  Umm I
>> checked underneath and found no belt, sheesh, so I got
>> one from grainger.  I am going to need a new lift
>> strap, but the lift only takes in the strap a few
>> inches and then reverses itself.  It never actually
>> lifts the deck, only gets the strap tight before
>> reversing.  Any ideas?
>
> Does the motor actually reverse, or does the strap just go up and down?
> Might be the strap is not secured to the motor axle with that
> staple-like thing.
>
>> I was charging the batteries and had watched it for a
>> couple of hours with no apparent problems, so niavely
>> I went to bed with it charging.  Next morning the
>> garage is full of smoke and the transformer is well
>> done!  Any ideas why this would have happened?
>
> I'd guess a diode shorted, or something like that.
>
> There are two diodes on a tray in with the charger. You might have just
> burned those out instead of the whole transformer. Was it smoking all
> night, or just sometime along the evening it went foom?
>
> Chris
>
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